Improved press for the manufacture of pens, buttons, jewelry



1. M. RILEY. Making Pens ahd Jewelry.

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JOHN MATHEW RILEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 89,246, dated April 20, 1869.

IMPROVED PRESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PENS, BUTTONS, JEWELRY, 8:6.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn MATHEW RILEY, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Presses for the Manufacture of Gold and Steel Pens, Buttons, Jewelry, 860.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved press.

Figure 2 is a vertical section in the line :v-a: of fig.- 1, looking toward the right.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the reliever, or stripper.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to presses for cutting, piercing, and working gold, silver, steel, and other metalssuch, for example, as presses used in the manufacture of gold and steel pens, buttons, jewelry, and

other articles.

The invention, among other things, consists in surrounding the slide, or bolt, where it works through its upper bearing, with a sleeve, or collar, which is adjustable thereon, and'which is locked at any height thereon by upper and lower locking-nuts, which at the same time form stops to the movements of the slide, or bolt, by striking against the bearing, thus forming an easy and secure mode of stopping the slide, or bolt, at any point desired, which is a great desideratum with the manufacturers of pens, buttons, and other articles using such presses.

It also consists in the particular manner of attaching the lever to the slide, or bolt, by means of connecting-rods, so that the slide, or bolt is never thrown out of its true vertical line.

It also consists in regulating the stroke, or kick of the lever, by attaching it, through such-connectingrods, to the slide, or bolt, by means of a cross-head and two nuts, screwing up and down the slide, or bolt.

It also consists in the means employed for stripping the scraps ,or work from the punch, or tool, after it has performed its oflice, to wit: an adjustable reliever, or stripper, which suits all sized punches, and also in the mode of attaching the reliever, or stripper to the press, whereby the strength of the press is left unim paired, the old method of attaching such relievers, or strippers as have been commonly employed being to cast a hole through the press in which such reliever, or stripper was mounted, thereby weakening the press at the point where the greatest strength is required.

The letter A designates the frame of the press, on whose bed-plate B the work is supported.

0 is a slide, or bolt, whose lower .part is square, working through a square bearing, 1).

The upper portion of the slide, or bolt has a screwthread formed on it, and that part is guided by a round bearing E, in which is fitted a loose sleeve, or collar F,

that is held stationary on the slide, or bolt, by means of two locking-nuts G G, one nut being above the hearing E and the other below it, the latter screwing up against the bottom of the sleeve, and the former down against its top, so as to hold the sleeve stationary on the screw-threaded slide, at whatever point the operator adjusts it.

These nuts operate as stops to limit the movement of the slide, or bolt, by coming against the top and bottom of said upper bearing E.

Upon the-threaded portion of the slide, or bol't, but below the top bearing E, I place a cross-head, H, which [its loosely over the screw-threads of the slide, or bolt, and is, like the sleeve F, adjusted and held stationary on the slide, or bolt, by means of nuts I I, one being above and the other below said cross-head.

From the ends of the cross-head extend arms J J, to which are fitted connecting-rods K K, that extend downward, on opposite sides of the slide, or bolt, as far as'the loop, or ring L, which surrounds the slide, or bolt, and forms the medium for connecting to each other the rods K K and the short arm of the lever, or treadle M. r

Said treadle M has its foot-piece beneath the bed, or platform B, and is pivoted to the frame A at the point N, the upper part of the treadle being bifurcated, so as to embrace the frame, the parts which extend beyond the pivot terminating opposite to, or a littlebeyond the slide, or bolt, and forming the short arms 0 of said lever, or treadle.

The ends of the part 0 are slotted at P P, to receive the arms Q Q of the-yoke, or ring, to which the connecting-rods are also attached, those parts of the arms Q covered by the connecting-rods being enlarged so that where they project beyond the outer faces of the connecting-rods they form shoulders e c, with which the washers R R, that are placed on the arms Q, between the levers O and the connecting-rods, come in contact, by which means the connecting-rods are kept easy and loose on said arms.

In order to prevent the arms Q Q from springing out of the slots P P at the ends of the lever-arms O, in raising the slide, or bolt, I provide metal straps, or plates S S, by means of which I connect the arms Q Q to the pivot N, said plates beingfitted over the ends of the pivot and over the said arms Q, and being held on the arms by nuts T T, which hold and secure the lever, washers, and connecting-rods to the arms 9 g of the loop, or ring L.

The opening of said ring L is made oblong, so as to allow it to move with the lever, or treadle without striking-against the slide, or bolt.

My adjustable reliever, or stripper is placed on the frame below the bearing D, and it consists of curved fingers U U, whose concave edges are opposite to each other, and which are held to an adjustable holder, V, by means of threaded pins W, that rise from the rear ends of the fingers, and go up through lugs X X, formed on the front of the"holder, to which they are clamped by the nuts y y. I

The holder is clamped to the frame by means of a key, Z, one edge of which is square, and fits within the square lip a, which projects backward from one end of the holder, while the other edge is bevelled, and fits against the bevelled face of one of the flanges 1), formed on the edges of the frame.

The other end of the holder has a hooked edge, 0, which hooks over and upon the flange b, on the opposite edge of the frame.

The key is attached to the holder by a set-screw, d, which screws into the holder, and by tightening the screw the holder is drawn up against the face of the frame, while the key, whose bevelled edge rests against the bevelled face of the flange b, is crowded against the square flange of the holder in such a manner as to clamp the'holder firmly to the frame.

The curved fingers U U can be set at any desired distance apart, so as to embrace the tool which may be used in the press, and to bring them into proper positions to strip the metal or work from the tool, when the latter is lifted.

It is obvious that one or both the fingers U of my reliever, or stripper can be employed. If one only is to be used, the other is turned out of the way.

This mode of constructing the reliever, or stripper and applying it to the press, obviates a common de feet in presses of the class to which this press belongs, the old style of reliever, or stripper being often in the Way of the tool, or punch, and frequently requiring the punch to be remo ed from the press before the reliever could be adjusted or changed.

The sleeve, or collar F is in this example smooth on the inside, and is locked on the slide, or bolt by two locking-nuts, but I can modify it by forming a screwthread in it, and screwing it up or down on the slide, in which case only one nut will be required, and a flange, or stop can be formed on the ends of the sleeve itsel Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The described arrangement upon the bolt G, formed with a screw-thread of the sleeve F, fitted in the upper bearing E, and secured by a nut or nuts G, the cross-head H having arms J J, and retained in place by nuts I I, and the cross-head L having arms Q Q, said part L being connected to the cross-head H by links K, and alsofconnected with the 1ever-arms O, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the cross-head H J, nuts I, cross-head L, links K, plates S, nuts T, screw-shank O, and lcven M, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The adjustable stripper-fingers U U, in combination with the adjustable holder, substantially as described.

4. In combination with'the parts A b, the holder V a 0, having lugs X, stripper-arms U, pivots W, bevelled plate 2, and fastenings d, all constructed and ar ranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

Signed by me this 21st day of August, 1868.

-J. M. RILEY.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

